25.3. Recommendations

Microsoft ClearType edge smoothing option may cause font display problem

If you use Microsoft ClearType edge smoothing method with Large size DPI setting, you may see distorted dimension text in DesignModeler and legend text in the Mechanical application. The problem occurs when the user minimizes or maximizes the Workbench window. In DesignModeler the display can be corrected on some machines by nudging the graphics window pane a pixel or two. This will cause a resize event in the graphics browser which will redraw the dimension text properly. Nudging the graphics window pane does not correct the problem in the Mechanical application, however. Alternatively, if the edge smoothing method is set to Standard instead of ClearType, then the text display appears correctly in both applets. Note though, this is machine dependent, so the suggestions may not work on all machines. To ensure the text appears properly, you should turn off edge smoothing entirely.